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Some Design Considerations for Short Term Audio Recording on Flexible Magnetic Sheets

An actual sheet recorder will not be described in this paper. Instead five different design areas which deviate from those of regular reel-to-reel machines will be covered. The five areas are: 1. Head Design, 2. Head Placement, 3. Mechanical Drive System, 4. Dropouts, 5. Equalization.